Yes, I just reread all of them again. I love these books. They inspire me to view every day as an adventure, to be wise, and to be firm in the truth, even in the face of a misunderstanding and blind society. Despite being tales for children, I think these stories touch the "child" in each of us--that innocent part of our soul that longs to depend on God and doesn't really feel equal to any of the tasks that have been laid on our shoulders, despite our best efforts to "put a good face on it."
A favorite quotation (among many!):
Suppose... suppose we have only dreamed and made up these things like sun, sky, stars, and moon, and Aslan himself. In that case, it seems to me that the made-up things are a good deal better than the real ones. And if this black pits of a kingdom is the best you can make, then it's a poor world. And we four can make a dream world to lick your real one hollow. . . . That's why I'm going to stand by the play world. I'm on Aslan's side even if there isn't any Aslan to lead it. I'm going to live as like a Narnian as I can even if ther isn't any Narnia. ...We'll be leaving your court at once and setting out in the dark to spend our lives looking for the Overland. Not that out lives will be very long, I should think; but that's a small loss if the world's as dull a place as you say." [from The Silver Chair]
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